Curb.



No. 775,623. PATENTBD NOV. 22, 1904. G. S. DU POSSAT.

GURB.'

APPLICATION FILED 'NOV. 13, 1963.

N0 MODEL.

Ill/I Witnesses nventor.

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GUSTAVE SONIAT DU FOSSAT, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

CURB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,623, dated. November 22, 1904.

Application filed November 13, 1903. L Serial No. 181,037. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUs'rAvE SoNIAT DU Fos- SAT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curbs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of curbing. and has for its principal object to protect curbs formed of concrete or similar other material from breakage and wear.

A further object of the invention is to provide a curb-protector or corner-shield that is anchored to the curb during the process of construction.

With these and other objects in View, as Will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a transverse sectional view of a curb constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the protecting-strip detached. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the anchor employed for holding the protecting-strip in position.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures.

The curb is formed of concrete or analogous material, and during the process of construction anchoring-bars or supports 1 are embedded in the material, these serving to receive a protecting-strip 2, which extends along the full length of the curbing and is preferably formed in sections of convenient length. Each anchor comprises a downwardly-extending head or tongue 3, provided with alateral ex tension which forms the main body of the anchor and which is preferably disposed in a horizontal plane during the process of manufacture, said extension being formed with an enlarged head having a mortise 4 formed therein, that is preferably undercut or dovetailed in shape, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. These anchors are disposed at suitable intervals throughout the length of the curbing and serve to receive the protecting-strip or corner-bar 2. The head of the protecting-strip is preferably round, as indicated at 4, to conform to the contour of the curb, and the converging side Walls 5 of the head are connected by a web 5 with a tenon 6 of a shape corresponding to that of the mortise 4.

In the manufacture of the curb the lengths of protecting-strips are first provided with the anchoring devices, these being spaced at suitable intervals, and then the whole is supported during the manufacture of the curb. Curbs of this class are usually provided with a cement casing, and after the body of the curb has been formed the anchoring devices and protecting-strip may be placed in position within the yieldable mass of concrete, after which the cement finish or additional concrete may be applied.

It is obvious that the shape of the protecting-strips may be altered in any manner and that the construction and arrangement of the anchoring devices or supports may be changed without departing from the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a curb-protector, an anchor having a mortise upon one side thereof disposed diagonally to and in the plane of the body of the anchor, and a corner-bar provided with a tenon to lit the mortise, whereby said bar is disposed at an acute angle to the anchor.

2. A corner-bar provided with a tenon having converging sidewalls, and an anchor comprising a body portion having enlarged heads at its opposite ends, one of said heads being provided with a mortise adapted to receive said tenon.

3. A corner-barh'aving a dovetailed tenon, and an anchor comprising a head or tongue having a lateral extension therefrom provided with a mortise adapted to receive said tenon.

4. In a curb-protector, a horizontally-disposed anchor having a laterally-disposed mortise upon the upper face thereof disposed in the plane of the body of the anchor, and a cornerbar provided with a tenon to fit such mortise and supported diagonally above such anchor at the intersection of the front and top surfaces of the curb.

5. A metallic curb-protector comprising a bar and an anchor; one of the said elements having a web and an enlargement thereon, both extending in the direction of the length of the bar, and the other having a notch or seat disposed in the direction of the length of the bar and comprising an outer reduced por tion receiving the Web of the first-mentioned element, and an inner comparatively large portion receiving the enlargement on the web, jwhereby when one of the elements is slipped laterally into engagement with the other, the said elements are connected of themselves.

6. In a curb, the combination with concrete or other material of which the major portion of the curb is formed; of a metallic protector embedded in the concrete or other material, and comprising the following elements, viz: a bar having a head positioned at the corner of the concrete or other material, and an anchor; one of the said elements having a web and an enlargement thereon, both extending in the direction of the length of the bar, and

the other having a notch or seat disposed in the direction of the length of the bar and comprising an outer reduced portion receiving the web of the first-mentioned element, and an inner comparatively large portion receivingthe enlargement on the Web.

7 In a curb, the combination with concrete or other material of which the major portion of the curb is formed; of a metallic protector embedded in the concrete or other material, and comprising a bar having a head positioned at the corner of the concrete -or other material, and also having a Web extending inwardly from the head, and an enlargement on the inner portion of the Web, and an anchor having a notch or seat disposed in the direction of the length of the bar, and comprising an outer reduced portion receiving the web of the bar, and an inner comparatively large portion receiving the enlargement on the web, and also having a depending arm.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAVE SONIAT DU FOSSA'I.

Witnesses:

MICHAEL J. FLYNN, ROBT. MCDOWELL. 

